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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

Subject : certifications
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Expects child to learn reading as "naturally" as speech - Uses child's oral language as content for reading - Uses child's oral language as basis for spelling instruction - Children learn to "read" by reading and re-reading "big books" together with

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2. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






3. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






4. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






5. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






6. A graphic compilation of the performance of an individual on a series of assessments.






7. Use - pictures - charts - maps - graphs - etc...clear view of teacher - color to highlight important text - ask teacher to provide handouts - illustrate ideas as pictures before writing them down - use multi media






8. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






9. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






10. Any learning activity that includes 2 or more sensory modalities simultaneously to take in or express information.






11. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






12. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






13. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






14. The writing system of a language. Correct or standardized spelling according to established usage.






15. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






16. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






17. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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18. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






19. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






20. Scientific terminology and often appear in science texts - Greek roots are often combining forms and compound to form words.






21. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






22. Final stable syllable

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23. State Law - Requires administration of reading instruments to diagnose reading problems. Each district does - has to notify parents and provide instruction






24. Making sense of what we read. Comprehension is dependent on good word recognition - fluency - vocabulary - worldly knowledge - and language ability.






25. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






26. Individual Educational Plan






27. Stress or emphasis on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence. The accented part is spoken louder - longer - and/or in a higher tone. The speaker's mouth opens wider while saying an accented syllable.






28. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






29. Closed syllable






30. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






31. Academic Language Therapy Association






32. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






33. Individuals with a Disabilities Act






34. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






35. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






36. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






37. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






38. Feeling through fingertips






39. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






40. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






41. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






42. Are standardized and measure your progress and achievements as a student.






43. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






44. Whole language. Founder of Whole language concept






45. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development






46. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






47. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.






48. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






49. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






50. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally